Fragomen Attorneys Recognized in the 30th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America™
August 17, 2023

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The 30th edition of The Best Lawyers in America™ recognizes 52 Fragomen attorneys for their contributions to and exceptional abilities in the practice of immigration law. An additional 68 of the firm's attorneys have been included in the 4th edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.
The Best Lawyers in America™ awards are compiled through exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 30th edition of The Best Lawyers in America recognizes only the top 5.3% of elite lawyers in the nation across 150 practice areas. Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America gives recognition to lawyers in earlier career stages for their outstanding professional excellence.
Current Recognized Lawyers:
- Emily Allen (Los Angeles, CA)
- Carmita Alonso (New York, NY)
- Sapna Annicelli (Boston, MA)
- Chad Blocker (Los Angeles, CA)
- Michael Boshnaick (Los Angeles, CA)
- Daniel Brown (Washington, DC)
- Robert Casazza (New York, NY)
- Blake Chisam (Washington, DC)
- Amy C. Cococcia (New York, NY)
- Bo Cooper (Washington, DC)
- David Duong (Dallas, TX)
- Cheryl Escario (Silicon Valley, CA)
- Amy Fallon (New York, NY)
- Scott FitzGerald (Boston, MA)
- Austin T. Fragomen, Jr. (Miami, FL)
- Ryan M. Freel (Houston, TX)
- Enrique Gonzalez (Miami, FL)
- Howard Gordon (Washington, DC)
- Sophia Goring-Piard (San Francisco, CA)
- Andrew Greenfield (Washington, DC)
- David Grunblatt (New York, NY)
- Carl Hampe (Washington, DC)
- Janora L. Hawkins (Atlanta, GA)
- Janet Henner (New York, NY)
- Michelle Jacobson (Chicago, IL)
- Lance Kaplan (Miami, FL)
- Parisa Karaahmet (New York, NY)
- Adam Ketcher (New York, NY)
- S. Isabella Kim (Silicon Valley, CA) - Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law
- Lisa Koenig (New York, NY)
- Cynthia Lange (Silicon Valley, CA)
- Raquel Liberman (New York, NY)
- Catherine Macris (Boston, MA)
- Valarie H. McPherson (New York, NY)
- Kevin Miner (Atlanta, GA)
- Yael Mizrahi (New York, NY)
- Francesca Moschetta (New York, NY)
- Kristi Nevarez (Silicon Valley, CA)
- James Pack (Irvine, CA)
- Sarah K. Peterson (Minneapolis, MN)
- Patrick Shen (Washington, DC)
- Kyle Sherman (Atlanta, GA)
- Charlotte Smith (New York, NY)
- Kristi Taylor (Dallas, TX)
- Paige Taylor (Dallas, TX)
- Nicole Tsolakidis (New York, NY)
- Michael Turansick (Chicago, IL)
- Karine Wenger (San Diego, CA)
- Jennifer B. Wexler (New York, NY)
- Mitch Wexler (Irvine, CA)
- Karen Winarsky (Atlanta, GA)
- Ellen Yost (New York, NY)
Ones to Watch:
- Janan Al-Henaid Abolgar (Atlanta, GA)
- Sarah Allen (New York, NY)
- Anthony Arena (Boston, MA)
- Christopher Basaman (Matawan, NJ)
- Jordi S. Bayer (Los Angeles, CA)
- Stephania Bertoni Norris (Miami, FL)
- Alexandra Branzburg (Boston, MA)
- Veronica Bush (Phoenix, AZ)
- Mark A. M. Catam (San Francisco, CA)
- Lynn Cho (Silicon Valley, CA) - Labor and Employment Law – Management
- Samuel Chow (New York, NY)
- Elizabeth Cleveland Wakefield (Houston, TX)
- Rolando Cortez (Dallas, TX)
- Jena Decker-Xu (Phoenix, AZ)
- Nishita Desai (New York, NY)
- Elona Dunehew (San Diego, CA)
- Anne Cooper Fox (Chicago, IL)
- Daniel Hahn (Irvine, CA)
- Michael Harris (Detroit, MI)
- Amanda Hayes (Boston, MA)
- Neha Hemmad (Silicon Valley, CA)
- Mayu Hirao (Silicon Valley, CA)
- Amy Ho (Los Angeles, CA)
- Alexandra Holland (Atlanta, GA)
- Christopher Huang (Irvine, CA)
- Whitney Hughes (San Francisco, CA)
- Mikhail Izrailev (New York, NY)
- Lisa Baker Jones (Silicon Valley, CA)
- Molly Kenney (Boston, MA)
- Aileen Kim (Silicon Valley, CA)
- Kyle Klass (Washington, DC)
- Sarah Kommineni (Boston, MA)
- Shafiqa B. Kureshi (Irvine, CA)
- Lorie Lam (New York, NY)
- Rebecca Leavitt (Boston, MA)
- Michelle Francisco Lumasag (Silicon Valley, CA)
- Bill Lundin (Boston, MA)
- Olivia LaSalle Minnis (Miami, FL)
- Allison Mizushima (Silicon Valley, CA)
- Meghan O’Malley (New York, NY)
- Minisha Patel (Miami, FL)
- Jennifer Patterson (Washington, DC)
- Cheri Peterson-Ross (Chicago, IL)
- Ivo Pierotich (Boston, MA)
- Brooke Alison Pyo (Silicon Valley, CA)
- William Ralston (Matawan, NJ)
- Brent Rees (Dallas, TX)
- Kelly Renaud (Boston, MA)
- Jenna Robinson (Irvine, CA)
- Maria Delia Romero Guzman (Boston, MA)
- Da’Niel Rowan (Silicon Valley, CA)
- Anne R. Rowley (San Diego, CA)
- Andrea Rush (Silicon Valley, CA)
- Justin Russo (Atlanta, GA)
- Justin Rymer (New York, NY)
- Kristal Yesenia Sanchez-Valdez (San Francisco, CA)
- Parminder Sandhu (Silicon Valley, CA)
- Margaret Laufman Saselu (New York, NY)
- Marina Semenova (Matawan, NJ)
- Michael Smith (Washington, DC)
- Ruth Spillane (San Diego, CA)
- Lauren Stulmaker (New York, NY)
- Curtis Sullivan (Boston, MA)
- Lauren Twist (San Francisco, CA)
- Melissa Vasquez (Los Angeles, CA)
- Sharmila Vialva (New York, NY)
- Clarissa Conde Wong (San Francisco, CA)
- Jin Zhu (Silicon Valley, CA)
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